Method and apparatus for defining enterprise information flow

摘要

In a method and apparatus for defining an enterprise information flow, a matrix having crossed axes and comprising three elements, that is line application activities which are a series of application activities for manufacturing products and/or services in an enterprise, staff application activities which are a series of application activities for maintaining and controlling the manufacture of the products and/or services, and external organizations related to the accomplishment of the application activities of the enterprise is generated to permit visual display. A user inputs information to a framework of the displayed matrix so that information flows between the application activities and between the application activities and the external organizations are defined.